PhDs and Research Fellowships
The University of Sheffield is host to a wide range of PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows funded from a range of sources and coming to us from all over the globe.
We are committed to supporting and working with postdoctoral students and fellows, and our university provides an inspiring, innovative and interdisciplinary home for your studies.
Studying for a PhD
We welcome new applications to study for a doctoral degree. Please look at our research pages and staff pages on the left to find academics that share your interests and email them direct to enquire about PhD possibilities.
Across the university we have an excellent track record helping students secure funding for their PhD studies for example from the Economic and Social research Council, Chevening Scholarships, Commonwealth Scholarships and so on. You may also wish to look at the top ten reasons to study at Sheffield.
Fellowships
We welcome approaches from academics and those recently gaining PhDs to come and work with us for a period of time. Please look at our research pages and staff pages on the left to find academics that share your interests and email them direct to enquire about fellowship possibilities.
Across the university we have an excellent track record of helping academics who wish to spend a period of time here achieve funding and we provide excellent support facilities for visiting fellows. Fellows usually stay anything from a few weeks to a year.
Please visit our case study page to read more about some of our recent PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.